P.S.: I've been asking you all when this book will be finished. Well, I thought it would be finished in July, but as I was writing, I realized there were some plot points and unresolved issues that I hadn't filled in yet, so I decided to write for another month. I'll finish it after receiving my full attendance bonus (600 RMB) this month! It will officially end on September 1st.
I'm sorry, but it will take another month to finish writing "Fu Gui". Because I'm a new author who's not doing very well, I need to work hard to maintain my attendance record. I hope you all understand.
Alright! Without further ado, let's begin a new chapter.
I'm posting one chapter today, 4000 words! Love you all.
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After saying this, Ji Mo'an laughed maniacally, pointing at Yan Wan as he laughed: "So I used Gongsun Gua's illusion array to let her evade the plot just like me. Then, when I wanted to use the loophole to put Miss Yan into another world, the plot of this world noticed it and something went wrong. I looked at the baby still in my hands and thought my method had failed. I didn't expect that I would actually succeed, leaving Miss Yan's physical body here while letting her soul go to another world."
Yan Wan stared in disbelief at the crazed Ji Mo'an. She gently pointed to herself and said, "So, I was originally from this world, and you sent me to another world." Yan Wan felt this was utterly insane; even movies wouldn't dare to portray something like this. Could a human really do such a thing?
Ji Mo'an smiled smugly and said in a relaxed tone, "Yes, Miss Yan, that's why I just said that we met a long time ago."
This was all too dreamlike. Yan Wan sat blankly beside Ji Mohan. She thought about it for a long time and considered many reasons, but she never thought of this reason. This plot was completely different from what she had read in the book. However, after thinking about it again, it was both unexpected and reasonable. No wonder Ji Mohan was able to avoid the powerful plot forces of this world.
Yan Wan paused, then murmured, "When did you realize that I wasn't the same person I used to be, that I was the one who could change all of this?"
Ji Mo'an pointed to Ji Mo'han next to Yan Wan and said, "Because of him, you changed the original ending for him time and time again, and he always managed to avoid the original ending just in time. Doesn't that prove that you were working hard to change the plot behind the scenes?"
Ji Mo'an was actually somewhat envious of his nephew. After all, it must be very happy to have someone who loves you wholeheartedly and comes for you.
But he lost the person who had his heart and soul completely devoted to him.
Ji Mohan was also deeply shocked. He gently stroked Yan Wan's hand and finally understood that Yan Wan's previous actions were to help him avoid the original ending.
Unbeknownst to him, Yan Wan had already saved him from dire straits countless times. He owed Yan Wan more and more, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to repay her. He had no choice but to pledge his life, the next life, and the life after that to her, to repay her slowly through countless lifetimes.
Yan Wan was also very flustered. She thought she was the only one who knew the plot, but she didn't expect that her every move was being watched by others.
Ji Mohan asked, puzzled, "Since you knew everything, wouldn't the throne have been easy for you to obtain? Uncle, why did you give up in the end?"
For Ji Mo'an, he had experienced the story again and again, and everything was within his grasp. But when he was about to succeed, he gave up everything.
Ji Mo'an smiled sarcastically and said, "At the beginning, my heart was filled with hatred. I hated your father. We were brothers from the same mother, but he cruelly killed me for the sake of the throne. So every time I started over, I was like a madman wanting to take revenge."
"But Han'er, time has been far too long. The repeated replays of the story have worn down my edges. I am so lonely. The throne is so high, yet so far away. It's lonely at the top. I just want to end all of this. I don't want to be alone anymore."
He went through the plot again and again. He was the only one in the entire book who was resisting this unfair plot. He was too tired and too lonely. He witnessed his father and mother die one after another, felt his brother hate him to the bone every time, and watched his lover die of depression time and time again.
Ji Mo'an sometimes thinks that if he hadn't awakened, he wouldn't be in so much pain. If he didn't know any of this, he could have walked towards the ending that was predetermined for him in a daze.
But why him of all people?
Looking at the dejected Ji Mo'an, Ji Mo Han realized that he didn't seem as spirited as he remembered; instead, he exuded an aura of despondency.
Looking at the silent Ji Mo'an, Yan Wan finally asked the question that had been bothering her, "What about Aunt Li? Between the two of you..." Yan Wan didn't finish her question.
Upon hearing Yan Wan mention Li Ge, Ji Mo'an clutched his head in anguish, repeating to himself over and over, "I can't save her, I can't save her, I can't save her. I've tried to escape the plot with Li Ge, but I've tried countless times, and each time, Li Ge dies before my eyes in an even more tragic way."
He was terrified; he was absolutely terrified.
As he finished speaking, Ji Mo'an was trembling all over. He closed his eyes in anguish and said, "Letting Li Ge marry Jiang Yan and die in Jiangnan in sorrow is the best ending I could have chosen for her."
At least, Li Ge can live a few more years in a place where he can't see her. Even if the final outcome is death, even if she marries someone else, at least she is alive. He doesn't care about anything else. He just wants Li Ge to live and try to live a few more years.
He forced himself not to think about Li Ge, not to look at Li Ge, and at first, he was even afraid of meeting Li Ge. But he couldn't avoid it. His meeting with Li Ge was arranged by the plot, even though it was a dead end for him and Li Ge.
But even such a beautiful encounter ended in death.
July 15th is the anniversary of Li Ge's death.
Yan Wan was stunned for a long time. So that's the truth.
She thought that Ji Mo'an didn't love Li Ge and that he only used Li Ge, but he turned out to be the one who loved Li Ge the most.
Ji Mo'an looked at Ji Mo'han and said, "Han'er, sometimes I really envy you. Although you had a difficult and lonely first half of your life, someone came for you. From now on, you can stay together happily for the rest of your lives."
Unlike him and Li Ge, their story always ends with them being separated forever.
Ji Mo'an's back was hunched over. He sat on the ground, facing the wall with his back to Yan Wan and the others. He waved his hand weakly and said, "You can go now. I've told you everything. I'm a little tired and want to rest."
Ji Mohan and Yan Wan exchanged a glance and decided to leave. They already knew what they wanted to know. Just as they were about to leave, Ji Moan suddenly spoke up: "Han'er, everything continues. What's more terrifying behind the power struggles is the human heart. You must be an emperor who loves his people like his own children, not like your father."
Ji Mohan stared intently at Ji Moan's retreating figure, as if at this moment, the Imperial Uncle An before him overlapped with the spirited young man who had told him when he was a child that protecting the country was everyone's responsibility. After Ji Mohan solemnly bowed to him as a junior, he took Yan Wan's hand and strode away.
Yan Wan followed behind Ji Mohan, whose strides were rather large, making it difficult for her to keep up. She had to jog to catch up with him. Once they were out of the dungeon, Ji Mohan stopped, and Yan Wan tentatively asked, "Hanhan, what's wrong?"
Ji Mohan said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Uncle An is also leaving."
Yan Wan suddenly looked back. She wanted to rush in and stop Ji Mo'an from committing suicide, but Ji Mo'han grabbed her wrist. Yan Wan was a little anxious and tried to break free from Ji Mo'han, but Ji Mo'han hugged her tightly from behind and said, "Yan Wan, it's too late. He bit open the poison sac when we went in. We can't save Uncle An."
Yan Wan's struggles gradually subsided. She thought she was the one suffering the most because she knew everyone's fate and desperately wanted to change everyone's fate. But now, she realized that someone was searching for the optimal solution again and again in an unsolvable story.
In the end, he found the optimal solution for everyone, but his own ending was an unsolvable dead end.
Yan Wan and Ji Mohan stood silently in front of the dark prison, their arms tightly embracing each other. After a while, the sound of running came from the tunnel behind them. Only then did Ji Mohan release Yan Wan and ask in a cold voice, "What did Uncle An say at the end?"
The jailer who had just led Yan Wan and Ji Mohan into the dark prison said respectfully, "Prince An passed away peacefully, but he kept calling out 'Li Ge' (a poem by Li Song)."
Ji Mohan waved his hand and said, "I understand, you can go now."
"Yes." The jailer who was just in front of Ji Mohan vanished instantly, as if he had never appeared at all.
Ji Mohan stepped forward, took Yan Wan's hand, and led her away from there step by step.
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"Uncle An, your moves were amazing! Can you teach me? Father said I'm to go to the Northwest to fight the enemy next month." Little Ji Mohan looked at Ji Moan, who was practicing swordsmanship, with bright eyes.
Ji Mo'an smiled as he looked at his nephew, who was filled with admiration. He gently put down his sword, squatted down, and asked, "Han'er, are you scared?"
He felt somewhat resentful; his elder brother had truly gone mad, sending such a young child to fight the enemy in the northwest.
Xiao Jimo Han nodded slightly, then shook his head.
Ji Mo'an handed the sword in his hand to little Ji Mo Han, stood up, gently patted little Ji Mo Han's head, and patiently said, "Han'er, protecting our country is everyone's responsibility. You are still young, and it is only natural to be afraid. However, your royal uncle will teach you this set of sword moves so that you can beat the Mongol army to a pulp."
Xiao Jimo Han nodded hurriedly. That's great! As long as he learns the Imperial Uncle's swordsmanship, he will have a chance to come back alive.
“Uncle An, I am not afraid. I will kill the Mongol army, I will protect the people, I will become a great general and a war god, and I will make all those who look down on me fear me.” Xiao Jimohan said with a firm gaze.
He knew that his father disliked his mother and him, and that his father wanted him to die, but he insisted on defeating the Mongol army and refusing to let his father have his way.
"Good, good child, your royal uncle believes in you. You will definitely succeed."
Looking at the eager-to-learn young Ji Mohan, Ji Moan began to teach him the sword technique step by step.
Xiao Jimo Han was extremely talented and learned very quickly. But even if he learned very quickly, he was still only a thirteen-year-old child. Jimo An looked up at the direction of the palace, then looked at Xiao Jimo Han who was practicing his sword seriously, and sighed. Well, he would accompany Xiao Jimo Han to the Northwest.
Ji Mo'an was about to ask his elder brother, the Emperor, to let him and Xiao Ji Mo Han fight against the Mongol army together, but man proposes, God disposes. His elder brother couldn't stand him and took action in advance, wanting to kill him.
Ji Mo'an had no choice but to take the imperial edict with him and flee to the northwest first.
In the Northwest, he thought he would live a life of hiding and recuperation, but he never expected to meet a girl as passionate as fire.
The cold wind from the northwest pierced his skin and made his heart pound violently.
He was taken in by Li Ge. As a prince, it was the first time he had been taken in as a little beggar. This feeling was terrible.
But if it were her, he thought it would be pretty good.
He thought he could finally be with his beloved girl forever, but his brother's pursuit and his vague understanding of the power that surpassed everyone else led to his repeated deaths in the Northwest.
He even dragged his beloved girl down with him, causing her to die beside him in the prime of her life.
At first, Ji Mo'an looked forward to meeting Li Ge, but in the end, he was afraid of meeting Li Ge and afraid that Li Ge would die in front of him again.
He greedily wanted to be with Li Ge, so he decided to take Li Ge with him to avoid the plot. But it was as if a huge net had caught him, making it impossible for him to escape or break free from the predetermined ending no matter what he did.
He was no longer greedy; he only wanted Li Ge to live. As long as Li Ge lived, that was enough. He didn't want anything else, even if Li Ge married someone else.
Therefore, he could only frantically brainwash himself. He kept telling himself that the throne was the most important thing, that he should remember the hatred and forget Li Ge, so that he would no longer feel guilty and lessen his sense of guilt. He kept telling himself that Li Ge was foolish, that he could give up anything for the throne.
But he knew that such a lie could deceive others, but it could not deceive his own heart.
Ji Mo'an lay in the dark prison. He slowly reached out his hand. He seemed to see Li Ge. His Li Ge had come to take him home. "Li Ge, Li Ge, I miss you so much, Li Ge."
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"Hey, pretty boy, whose son are you? Are you homeless? Why don't you come home with me?" Li Ge said with a smile to the somewhat down-on-his-luck man while riding on horseback.
"Okay, I'm willing to go home with the girl."
Li Ge, this time, we can finally be together forever.
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